Notes from the Cafe Fiascotag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-885122015-01-09T12:44:48-05:00Observations by Marshall T. Spriggs inspired by a bar in Oslo, NorwayTypePadBoston Olympicstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e201b7c73290be970b2015-01-09T12:44:48-05:002015-01-09T12:44:48-05:00I have to admit that my first reaction to hearing that Boston was in the running for hosting the Olympics was - run! Have people forgotten that the last major infrastructure project in the city was the Big Dig and...TomAnnual Report - V20.0 2014tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e201b8d0aed09b970c2014-12-21T23:48:34-05:002014-12-21T23:48:34-05:00I assume that the sun still comes up over Sacred Heart Church on the hill over looking Roslindale Village these days. At least, I think that it does. Part of recent changes is that I’m no longer on the commuter...TomStrange Daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e201bb07bfd84e970d2014-12-08T22:49:06-05:002014-12-08T22:49:06-05:00I expected that today would be a strange day. After all, it was the first day in 6 years that I didn''t have to worry about computers other than my own crashing. So, I slept relatively late, did some things...TomScott Brown for Senatetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e201a73d9391bf970d2014-03-18T11:11:27-04:002014-03-18T11:11:27-04:00We in Massachusetts don't mind New Hampshire using our slightly used Senator (he didn't do much for us while he was there) for their own, but we do ask that, if he is not successful in New Hampshire politics, they...TomMore Adventures in Whistling Past the Graveyardtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e201a5117e981f970c2014-03-07T09:52:36-05:002014-03-07T09:52:36-05:00Wednesday was the semi-yearly Prostate Cancer checkup and, for some reason, I was nervous about this one. Even though it's been three years since treatment, a perennial part of the cancer boogie man is that you're always expecting it to...TomGhost in the Grapenutstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e201a3fccc2d40970b2014-03-04T12:47:10-05:002014-03-04T12:47:10-05:00Not being the perkiest of people in the morning, I've developed a well-worn routine to getting myself up and out of the house in the morning. This assures that I'm fed and I have clothes on my back before I...TomAnnual Report - V20.0 2013tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2019b03851922970c2013-12-23T11:03:25-05:002013-12-23T11:03:25-05:00It was a long and warm fall this year here in the Hub of the Universe. It almost seemed at times like winter was not going to come. But, of course, it did - really just over the past two...TomMacArthur MacSmarthurtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2019aff9a498c970b2013-09-25T14:16:49-04:002013-09-25T14:16:49-04:00Damn. Missed the MacArthur Genius Grants again this year. Time for more blatant self-promotion.TomMarshall Artstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2019aff790586970d2013-09-18T12:16:02-04:002013-09-18T12:16:02-04:00Last month, when Sensei Don said that he wanted to talk to people about their goals for their Iaido practice, this raised an on-going question for me: Why do I do this stuff? Why do I do any of this...TomHanging Honortag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83455974569e2019aff733086970d2013-09-17T09:53:11-04:002013-09-17T09:53:11-04:00So the Boston cops honor a homeless guy who turned in $40,000 that he found in a backpack. They gave him a plaque. Where do they think he's going to hang it?Tom